Kite Making

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Kite Making FlyingAsian - American / Kite

• Kelvin YS Chun
• Honolulu, Hawaii

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Background

• Educator in Hawaii
• Magician
• Balloonologist
• Kite Maker / Flyer

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http//KelvinChun.com
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What is a kite?

• What does a kite look like?
• How many sides?
• What material is used?

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Kite Definition

• A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or
  paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the
  end of a long string.

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How is a kite made?

• A kite is an unpowered, heavier-than-air flying
  device held to the earth by a line.

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Kite rises

• Wind resistance causes the air pressure under the
  kite to be greater than the air pressure above
  the kite.

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Three basic parts

• Body
• Line
• Bridle

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Many Purposes

• Communicating with spirits and gods - Thailand
  and other cultures
• Fishing aid - Solomon Islands
• Announce the birth of a child - Korea
• Shrieking kites during battles - China
• Carrying a person into the air - China and Japan
• Fighting kites (kites that fight other kites) -
  India and Japan

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HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCT A KITE?

• Decide on a shape or form.
• Design the sticks and frames for the kite.
• Choose the cover material - strong but light.
• Choose how you will stabilize your kite. Will you
  have a tail?
• Will you bow or vent your kite?

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A Brief History of Kites

• China

478 BC it was recorded that a Chinese
Philosopher, Mo Zi, spent 3 years making a hawk
from wood which flew
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Materials - Bamboo / Silk
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The first kite?

• Chinese peasants - tied strings to hats

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Other places

• Kites spread to India, Malaysia, and Polynesia,
  and Japan after the Northern Sung period (960
  -1126 A.D.)

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Malaysia, and Polynesia
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China
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Korea kites arrived from China about 1000 A.D.
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Europe
230 B.C., when the Greek physicist Archimedes
Fourteenth century - German military flew
kites on horses Bow kite (developed in Germany)
spread to France and England. 1749 - English
astronomers
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America
Benjamin Franklin - June, 1756
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Modern Kites
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Saranggola / Sarangola

• Adaptation from the Filipino Kite

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Gurion / Guryon

• Classic Filipino kite design, elliptical wings
  and tail-less variant

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Hawaiian/Asian kite

• Mix between Chinese, Filipino, and American ideas

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Materials

• Spine - 1 bamboo pole 44" long and 3/8" diameter
  at top and 3/16" at bottom
• (heat bamboo so it curves in the center)

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Patricio Gongob
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Kite Contest in 1971
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Bamboo
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Wings

• 2 bamboo slats - 28" x 1/4"
• A. Shave bamboo so that center is 3/8" thick
  and ends are 1/8" thick.
• B. Bamboo should bend like an archery bow -
  evenly curved. Bamboo should curve at about 16"
  from center.

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Tail -

• 1 bamboo slat - 26 "x 3/16"Shave bamboo so that
  center is 1/4" thick and ends are 1/8" thick.
  Bamboo should curve at about 10"from center

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Use plastic or tissue as cover for kite. You may
use contact cement to paste plastic together.
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Tessellation Design
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Hummer creates sound
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Modified design
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Materials list for various kites
Plastic white kitchen trash bag
Bamboo sticks
Fluorescent paper
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The Bumble BeeA simple paper-fold kite.
You will need for each kite 1 Sheet of copier
paper sewing thread.
Fold the sheet of paper in half...
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Mark two points, A and B on the folded edge of
the paper. Point "A" should be 2 1/2 inches from
the end, and point "B", 2 1/2 inches.
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Fold the top corners of the page to point A and
staple them in place. Do not crease the paper.
Just bend it back.
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Punch a hole at point B and attach you flying
thread.
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You may add simple ribbon tails.
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Plastic Trash Bag Sled Kite Take the bag and cut
off the bottom Cut across the top Fold plastic
in half and measure the following
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Open plastic to form hexagon shape and tape
sticks to plastic.
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Cut 2 pieces of plastic and tape it to the sticks
for tail.
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Draw a nice design.
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Rules

• Never fly near power lines
• Never fly in stormy weather
• Never fly near trees
• Never use metallic flying line
• Never fly your kite near or over people.
• Always use extreme caution when flying large
  kites.